1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Detainment Reform Act of
2009
.
(b)The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Policy of the United States Government and
Findings
Sec. 101. Statement of policy.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Title II—Detention Criteria; Definition of Detainee
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Detention criteria and procedures.
Sec. 203. Detention proceedings.
Title III—Transparency and Accountability of American Detention
Facilities
Sec. 301. Notification and access of International Committee of
the Red Cross with respect to detainees at American detention
facilities.
Sec. 302. Report by the Department of Defense.
Title IV—HABEAS-EXCEPTION TREATMENT OF DETAINEES
Sec. 401. Findings.
Sec. 402. Habeas-exception treatment of detainees.
Sec. 403. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 404. Detention.
Sec. 405. Reporting.
Sec. 406. Rules of construction.
Sec. 407. Sunset.
<enum>I</enum><header>POLICY OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND FINDINGS</header>
<section id="H919D950159604ACD9666D10504F0BF2F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy
of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B5BE76F0E8342638EAA4749584DA0B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>vigorously
implement a sustained national strategy to combat the short- and long-term
threat to national security posed by terrorism and terrorist
organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0570457826A240F0982D674BBCA19C1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>arrest, detain,
and prosecute to the full extent of the law individuals who are involved in or
are providing material support for terrorist activities, and use all
appropriate means to obtain from individuals lawfully in United States custody
timely, accurate, and actionable intelligence to protect the national security
interests of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B89DF715AF144CF9E456C4B3D7239CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide personnel
working in support of the Federal Government and involved in the arrest,
detention, interrogation, and prosecution of terrorist suspects with training
to uphold principles set forth in the Constitution, Federal law, international
human rights law, and the law of armed conflict;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H868B89D7EEF843C9B9ABA50C5259D691"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prohibit personnel
from applying forms of torture, cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment during arrest, detention, interrogation, and prosecution of
terrorist suspects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3DE10DFFCDD4DE190861D36C732E361"><enum>(5)</enum><text>abide by the rule
of law and due process with accountability and transparency including
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to detainees being held
in American detention facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4FC7EACDD374BDBBEB224305EED2C18"><enum>(6)</enum><text>research and
develop the most effective practices for arrest, detention, interrogation, and
prosecution of terrorist suspects which are consistent with the United States
strategic goals of weakening terrorist organizations and their recruitment
capabilities and strengthening the international leadership of the United
States by cooperating with, and incorporating insight from the experiences of,
allied nations in combating terrorism and terrorist organizations, in addition
to the United States national experience; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB167822EA17F490FB1ECD29676926A27"><enum>(7)</enum><text>regularly monitor
policies related to the arrest, detention, interrogation, and prosecution of
terrorist suspects to ensure that the policy objectives in paragraphs (1)
through (6) are being met.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9FEF756F16224FA89CDEE9ACCA1EC193"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="H006ED62249E541EB94036EC394A42B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Since 2002,
terrorists have been captured by the United States and their allies and
detained in facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as <quote>GTMO</quote>), Cuba.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EBDF8DAF2074C8B89C35AED2FEBCBEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The detainee
complex at GTMO can safely hold individuals who pose a high security risk to
the United States. GTMO provides the maximum security required to prevent
escape and multiple levels of confinement opportunities based on compliance of
the detainee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4F606CDE6EE41F3AB5E1239F853C3E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Intelligence
information obtained from questioning detainees currently held at GTMO
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6E0EF550206491B92E558AF877DFBD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the organizational
structure of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H672B62BF619D4503B2188D27F3379E7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent of the
presence of terrorist networks in Europe, the United States, the Middle East,
and possibly other areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF65116328EF348EB84CDAA5B18F5269E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Al Qaeda’s pursuit
of weapons of mass destruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC26B34951D4740D1A5137DC1409C4DD2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>methods of
recruitment and locations of recruitment centers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB27FF411146245B1902ACBCD2D7DBB75"><enum>(E)</enum><text>terrorist skill
sets, including general and specialized operative training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30DC497EF7944DE9AAE17097467548C1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>how legitimate
financial activities are used to hide terrorist operations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C15E0679A3C46C4B71D8B430E652275"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Since 2002, the United States has
transferred the substantial majority of detainees at GTMO to other countries
including Albania, Algeria, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad, Denmark,
Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Libya,
Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Somaliland, Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United
Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Yemen.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0912740C4F3B4330BA59B71FCE612E0A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>There are a
substantial number of detainees from over 30 countries remaining at
GTMO.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04795745662E4DD0AC4AA8D507BBE065"><enum>(6)</enum><text>These detainees
allegedly include terrorist trainers, terrorist financiers, bombmakers, Osama
bin Laden's bodyguards, recruiters, and facilitators. Detainees remaining at
GTMO fall into three categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="H189AC4D8919E459C9184017D7CCAE503"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Detainees who have
been placed in preventative detention to stop them from returning to the
battlefield.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H540F66AF16FB4B34A9CE46D8E3EE0269"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Detainees who have
violated American criminal laws and, besides being subject to preventative
detention, have been brought or are expected to be brought before a military or
other tribunal to face criminal charges, including for alleged violations of
the laws of war.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6768FC3BA6344C16AAAB7A80C5BC73B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Detainees who have
been cleared for transfer or release to a foreign country, either
because—</text>
<clause id="HD26276CB9675415C9F94F3D1D68B3C85"><enum>(i)</enum><text>they
are not believed to have been engaged in hostilities, or</text>
</clause><clause id="HC502F0C5AC7743C9891C30B1ABAA2B31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>although they
were found to have been enemy belligerents, they are no longer considered a
threat to United States security.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Such
detainees continue to be held at GTMO until their transfer can be
effectuated.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB85E65F0698548AFAE391A3253D83F4D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The United States
is still engaged in armed conflict with terrorist organizations, and will
likely continue to capture terrorists or other hostile actors who will need to
be detained.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H123F1B9E618A45CB9978E1F979851945"><enum>(8)</enum><text>If the detention
facility at GTMO is closed, some United States domestic or overseas detention
facilities will house the detainees while they await disposition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF552F31191C94B969AF27FD7C8D328FE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In addition to the
facilities at GTMO, the American military currently detains approximately 600
individuals at the military detention facility at Bagram Air Base in
Afghanistan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H935B7D8C5BB2496F8ABB31323964A016"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Though the number
of detainees at GTMO is currently decreasing, the number of detainees at Bagram
is increasing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07D2BBEF1EA64EAFA7FE9FC4BF9A05F4"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Detainees at
Bagram currently do not have access to lawyers, have no right to hear the
allegations against them, and only receive rudimentary reviews of their status
as <quote>enemy combatants</quote>. Many detainees there have been held for
years without charge or access to legal representation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA015FD583D3B41B3B7CE03F0C1547F92"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Recent guidelines
proposed by the Department of Defense assign each detainee a United States
military official advocate on the detainee's behalf. These officials, however,
are not attorneys and the proposed proceedings do not adequately remedy
detention procedure problems nor do they ensure transparency and accountability
in the review process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EBBDD703D054AE4B138ED863658BA75"><enum>(13)</enum><text>At least one
United States District Court, in Maqaleh v. Gates, has ruled that some
detainees at Bagram are entitled to some form of Constitutional
protection.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H95844FBD850D4CB9A90E5319993002B6"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="HDE06713D6CCF4CDA88E88AB2B254727A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms
<quote>agent of a foreign power</quote>, <quote>foreign power</quote>, and
<quote>United States person</quote> have the meanings given such terms in
section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1801);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC677D626BB245FEBCCB48399313D0FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<quote>covered individual</quote> means an individual who is not a United
States person;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6986137A83E149C290629F6745DC973A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<quote>District Court</quote> means the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E276F9D81C14A98A58B54CA4BD6ED84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<quote>Geneva Conventions</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4946856711C2472584238C2BB0EC9809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Convention for
the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in
the Field, done at Geneva, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3217);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FFA5215CF2B49A3B034742F43825861"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Convention for
the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members
of the Armed Forces at Sea, done at Geneva, August 12, 1949 (6 UST
3217);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32F9BF114B4445898134C023482A1121"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Convention
Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, done at Geneva, August 12, 1949
(6 UST 3316); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E77EF52974A49898F2608B6ADA422A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Convention
Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, done at Geneva,
August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3516).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Detention
Criteria; Definition of Detainee</header>
<section id="HF5E6A8A395274B26A8AD44FD7F96F4EF"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="HB9C7FDE11D2C461AB40FD4455FAF370F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Supreme Court
has stated that, at a minimum, Common Article 3 applies to the conflict with Al
Qaeda and its affiliates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B3EBB0E7ECA4B1E8CD3B3960A225F16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The United Nations
Commission on Human Rights has said <quote>the indefinite detention of
prisoners of war and civilian internees for purposes of continued interrogation
is inconsistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE26019DEB3C6463A95FFE58802931DE6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In Hamdi v.
Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court held that military detention is justified only to
prevent a combatant’s return to the battlefield.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E095A8B220F47D58047EFE02201FEE4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Geneva
Conventions, other binding treaties regulating the conduct of hostilities, and
the customary laws of war offer an appropriate legal framework for the
detention and internment of combatants and civilians in zones of active
military operations in international armed conflicts. Congress does not seek to
subject detentions within this framework to the oversight of United States
courts to the extent they are not already subject to such oversight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7DCC27FFA3F4EFCB9623C120FFE8B28"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Zones of active
military operations do not necessarily correspond to national
boundaries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07A84DD8639343BB92CF6CA7F76FC11B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Outside of zones
of active military operations, the President claims the authority to detain
persons who were part of, or substantially supported, Taliban or Al Qaeda
forces or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United
States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a
belligerent act, or has directly supported hostilities in aid of such enemy
armed forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8D0BAEC91BA4B3293675AEBE8D4722B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Some United States courts have adopted a
narrower view of the President’s authority to detain enemy forces, leaving the
President’s detention authority outside of active military operations undefined
and vulnerable to challenge. This lack of definition is dangerous both to
Taliban and Al Qaeda forces and to associated forces, including foreign
terrorist forces that are cobelligerents of the Taliban or Al Qaeda.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBEB6EC85FBAE4BF09980E99BEB3736C4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>There exist no
agreed-upon substantive or procedural standards in United States courts to
govern the detention of individuals arrested outside of zones of active
military operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H232E283DDCCD4A6789A6E43BC4B5C134"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In some instances,
the executive branch may prefer to subject even combatants in zones of active
military operations to more rigorous judicial review than the laws of war
require at the outset of a detention out of concern to avoid lengthy habeas
corpus litigation leading ultimately both to adverse judgments in specific
cases and adverse developments in the law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H550F8532B18A4F438C115F6E29EA46B2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A set of
rigorous, fair, and flexible judicial procedures to govern the detention of
non-United States persons who pose an imperative threat to security are
necessary to promote regularity and legal certainty in American detention
policy, as well as to ensure that detainees receive timely and predictable
access to judicial review based on known procedures and substantive
standards.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE8672EC95E07467E9DD26EB1F08D754C"><enum>202.</enum><header>Detention
criteria and procedures</header>
<subsection id="H44EB40FBFC014774ADC64CD781E0105C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of
threat</header><text>For covered individuals taken into custody, as of the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall make a specific determination as
to whether the covered individual poses a danger to the security and interests
of the United States based on the criteria in subsection (b). An individual who
meets any of the criteria contained in subsection (b) shall constitute an
imperative threat to the interests of the United States and, thus, is
detainable under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14F71B3D3F9B48B79C391BA20355FC9A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detention
criteria</header><text>The President shall make such a determination, on a
case-by-case basis, using the following criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="HF2FA4B24C0074801872D03616A2F3169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The covered
individual is an agent of a foreign power.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48061976CBF14E8FA43313CAFB590FF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>That foreign power
is one against which the use of military force was authorized under the
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 115 Stat. 224; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA23E0B4630DC4EA4B35CA0678DA37B69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The actions of the
covered individual, in his capacity as an agent of the foreign power described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) pose a danger both to any person and to the interests
of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C48D206094340C29FF9627F654EBE2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initial
detention of non-United States persons</header>
<paragraph id="HF63970E62DA94552924E377C7C6357D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Government may detain, for not more than 14 days, a
covered individual who the President reasonably believes meets the requirements
under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9CEA2799B004F2B85091A9597E2DF84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Arrest
notice</header><text>The Government shall promptly present to any covered
individual detained under subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8CE8D53ABF3B494FABB8DD143A57BBD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a notice of arrest
that includes the reasons for which the covered individual is being
detained;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20D680F42AED4FDDAB20FA7E6DA3FB8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a notice that
detention under subsection (a) shall be for not more than 14 days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD621062B77E14C30BA0D89BC613565B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a notice that the
Government may apply for a detention order under section 4; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA534B664E0C41229DC5DAA358B0C9F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of
the laws and procedures governing such an application and detention order,
including the right of the detainee to counsel in connection with such
proceedings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H75EBB8DA2F82425D93AA9EBE30517510"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
provided</header><text>All information provided a covered individual under
paragraph (2) shall be provided to the covered individual in a language
understood by the covered individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56A5A5E380CC40EA9EBA67DA8988B3FB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>End of initial
detention</header>
<subparagraph id="H062D088036ED4FFCB9ABA34F690BDF91"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 14 days after the date on which the
Government detains a covered individual under subsection (a), the Government
shall initiate proceedings under section 203, initiate proceedings under
another legal authority, release the covered individual, lawfully transfer the
covered individual to a foreign government, or transfer the covered individual
to an international tribunal that has jurisdiction to hold a trial of such
detainee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32C0044DA71F4C439F58BD2E09CBFCEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Proceedings
pending</header><text>The Government may continue to detain a covered
individual under this Act while any proceeding under section 203 is pending
before the District Court and during the pendency of an appeal by the
Government of a decision in a proceeding under section 203.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2113FBEB0CD64764B8B942D2F83A3814"><enum>203.</enum><header>Detention
proceedings</header>
<subsection id="HB67CA67F7BFF450BA90C6B497AF324AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H01F6B7929F68442988052FA0D743BA9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Upon
petition by the Government, the District Court shall determine whether a
covered individual meets the requirements under section 202(b) of this Act for
detention as an imperative threat to security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF89588BE4C814452AD7EAC9E6D0DC286"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standard of
proof</header><text>In a proceeding under this section, the burden of proof
shall be on the Government to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence
that a covered individual detained under section 202 meets the requirements
under section 202(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB9811F24B8C40DD9809F0391DBE85D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deference to
executive</header><text>In determining whether a foreign power is a foreign
power against which the use of military force was authorized under the
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 115 Stat. 224; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note), the District Court shall give deference to the
identification of an organization by the Director of National Intelligence in a
report submitted under section 406 of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H03FA0986E702488089A239DC4DB5DE0C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hearing
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H5E792ED75AA04FEF9451EE96F7F74A3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any proceeding under this section, the Attorney
General shall submit a written declaration supporting the contention that the
covered individual meets the requirements under section 202(b) for detention as
an imperative threat to security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3B8478B6F5A4D3380D83F174E7A8719"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discovery</header>
<subparagraph id="H17AD48BAAE464EF5BC929A53593BC88C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Scope of
discovery</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a covered individual may
request from the Government as discovery relating to a proceeding under this
section, and if requested by the covered individual the Government shall
provide—</text>
<clause id="H93DFBA075405416D81AFCAA2ED172E15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any
document or object referenced in the petition or written declaration submitted
by the Government under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2874302BEB744458BC08DCD6E5824625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
evidence in the Government’s possession that tends materially to undermine
information in the petition or written declaration submitted by the Government
under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H46244E42975F4C698DE0F5449D06482F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any statement,
whether oral, written, or recorded, made or adopted by the covered individual
that is in the Government’s possession and both related and material to the
information in the petition or written declaration submitted by the Government
under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C46F6FF247846DCB210707067ADDD1E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any
other evidence in the Government’s possession that is both related and material
to the information in the petition or written declaration submitted by the
Government under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35DA6BDA03B24D6890BB0CC2A431001C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protection of
national security information</header>
<clause id="H872162E3BC594C1EB61A33A4EE3C26AF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Generally</header><text>Classified
information shall be protected and is privileged from disclosure to the covered
individual in proceedings under this section. The rule under this subparagraph
applies to all stages of any proceeding under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3FC6B8749F44BACBA1B0C0FD8950EE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Substitute</header><text>If
any information described in subparagraph (A) is classified, the attorney for
the Government shall submit such information to the District Court and shall
prepare for the court's approval an unclassified summary of the specific
classified evidence or a statement admitting relevant facts that the specific
classified information would tend to prove. The District Court shall approve
the summary or statement if the District Court finds that it is sufficient to
enable the detainee to prepare a defense. The Government shall deliver to the
detainee a copy of the unclassified summary or statement approved under this
subparagraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F937FFA51304121A1E289B64CF6528C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Disapproval</header><text>In
general, if an unclassified summary or statement is not approved by the
District Court under clause (ii), the Government shall expeditiously correct
the deficiencies identified by the court and submit a revised unclassified
summary. If the revised unclassified summary is not approved by the District
Court, the proceeding shall be terminated.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA24A3813EE9D4D7694876F7347C65D74"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Classified
information available to counsel for detainee</header><text>Classified
information withheld from a detainee shall be available to properly cleared
counsel, if any, for the covered individual, and the District Court shall
afford such properly cleared counsel the opportunity to object to the adequacy
of any substitute under clause (ii). If the Government declines to make such
information available to properly cleared counsel for the covered individual,
the proceeding shall be terminated unless the Government substitutes a
statement admitting relevant facts that the specific classified information
would tend to prove and the District Court certifies that such statement is
sufficient to provide the properly cleared counsel with substantially the same
ability to make a defense as would disclosure of the specific classified
information.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC592F6DDA3654656BD3AB1C6B5EC647E"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Interlocutory
appeal</header><text>The Government may take an interlocutory appeal from a
decision of the District Court relating to the disclosure of classified
information subject to the same expedited procedures that would apply to such
an appeal under section 406 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18
U.S.C. 14 App.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2F7A6DAAD554115BD2D9E90B0AA803D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Witness
production</header>
<subparagraph id="HAEE6D22965AA445DAA6C4ECADC85F0E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the maximum extent possible, proceedings under this
section shall be decided on the basis of written pleadings and written
declarations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F0D3CA4D732401BABC920F27D828468"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Basis for
in-person testimony</header><text>The District Court shall grant a motion for
oral testimony relating to an evidentiary hearing under this section when the
District Court finds that military and intelligence operations would not be
substantially harmed by the production of the witness and that oral testimony
would provide a material benefit to the resolution by the District Court of the
disputed matter. The District Court shall allow witnesses stationed overseas or
otherwise unavailable to appear in court to participate from remote locations
through available technological means.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1608FCF5B44A41F985C272D125E7DE9A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public
proceedings</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, proceedings under
this section shall be conducted in a fashion open to the public. The District
Court shall have authority to close proceedings to ensure the security of
classified information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD807A6BBDBB1463B827EAE1C6283B293"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certain
evidence</header>
<subparagraph id="H1371101C793649028032F4BEDCA6804F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In determining whether a covered individual meets the
requirements under section 202(b) for detention as an imperative threat to
security, the District Court may not consider any evidence obtained by a means
that violates—</text>
<clause id="HADF6A7433314497E913695F740AAE097"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2739; 10 U.S.C.
801 note); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FD9F239DA0A4A9B8D67AB9A5985D06B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Common Article 3
of the Geneva Conventions. Conduct that violates Common Article 3 includes, but
is not limited to, the following techniques, each of which is prohibited by
Army Field Manual 2–22.3: forcing a person to be naked, perform sexual acts, or
pose in a sexual manner; applying beatings, electric shocks, burns, or other
forms of physical pain to the person; waterboarding the person; threatening the
person with dogs; inducing hypothermia or heat injury; conducting a mock
execution; and depriving the person of necessary food, water, or medical
care.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FAD3F66D2394FFC84E4FA77AB056B0D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
evidence</header><text>The rules concerning the admissibility of evidence in
civil or criminal trials shall not apply to the presentation and consideration
of information at any evidentiary hearing under this section. To the maximum
extent allowable under the Constitution, the District Court may consider any
reliable and probative evidence, including hearsay from military, intelligence,
and law enforcement sources that the District Court determines would be
probative to a reasonable person. If any hearsay evidence is admitted, the
covered individual shall be entitled to offer evidence impeaching the
credibility of the declarant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H722D9DC7A3AF401FB0A36B5C38710C97"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Attorneys</header>
<subparagraph id="H5289249DAE284BA6ADA488503DA5FB5B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The District Court shall appoint an attorney to represent
a covered individual in proceedings under this section, unless the covered
individual has retained an attorney for such purposes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC4FDE4C16B149488028B1BD91D4AABF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for
attorneys</header><text>An attorney may represent a covered individual in a
proceeding under this section if the attorney—</text>
<clause id="HD044EA2B22BF42DABB1B17444DACA4EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided
in subparagraph (E), has been determined to be eligible for access to
classified information that is classified at the level Secret or higher, as
required; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H11F30548FF104B6C8A4EBEF0DC557619"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has
signed a written agreement to comply with all applicable regulations or
instructions for attorneys in proceedings under this section before the
District Court, including any rules of court for conduct during the
proceedings.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B8434FFBEF847569019366CF9462ADB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Classified
information</header><text>Any attorney for a covered individual shall protect
any classified information received during the course of representation of the
covered individual in accordance with all applicable law governing the
protection of classified information.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBC5B4FBD42F4E70A60DBFF2C44AA9BB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Security
clearance list</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish a list of
attorneys with appropriate security clearances who may represent covered
individuals in proceedings under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5742C829216A42F2A775C4171BB45E36"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Private
attorneys</header><text>If an attorney retained by a covered individual for
purposes of a proceeding under this section does not have the appropriate
security clearances, the Government may grant the attorney an appropriate
clearance at its discretion, or the District Court shall assign an attorney on
the list established under subparagraph (D) as cocounsel to represent the
covered individual in all proceeding under this Act which require access to
classified information on the part of counsel for the covered
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51883DB82D14477C91AA4385DAC823DC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Video
hearings</header><text>The District Court shall not require the presence of a
covered individual detained outside the United States for the purpose of any
proceeding under this section. However, the District Court shall permit a
covered individual to participate in all proceedings under this section to the
extent consistent with the procedures for the protection of classified
information and national security under this section. If the covered individual
is detained outside the United States, the court shall allow him to participate
from the location at which he is detained through available technological
means.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H603CFC3C3DB647A1B72DE3C4936D39BF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Languages</header><text>Any
information relating to the District Court proceedings under this section,
including translation of any proceedings in which a covered individual
participates, shall be provided to the covered individual in a language
understood by the covered individual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F99702452F14782B9020013657E2285"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Detention</header><text>If
the District Court determines that a covered individual meets the requirements
under section 202(b) for detention as an imperative threat to security, the
District Court shall issue an order authorizing the Government to detain the
covered individual for not more than 6 months. To the maximum extent
practicable and consistent with the protection of classified information, the
District Court shall explain in an opinion available to the public the factual
and legal basis for the detention order. An order under this subsection may be
renewed for additional periods of not more than 6 months if the District Court
determines, after a hearing conducted in accordance with this section, that the
covered individual continues to meet the requirements under section 202(b) for
detention as an imperative threat to security.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F9F90FA6ABA4AB1A7D6EC41E53A42DC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Jurisdiction and
venue</header><text>The District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
any petition under this Act. An action relating to a petition under this Act
may only be brought in the District Court.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Transparency and
Accountability of American Detention Facilities</header>
<section id="H253C8E85A50B4444BA0B7D203B7E7955"><enum>301.</enum><header>Notification
and access of International Committee of the Red Cross with respect to
detainees at American detention facilities</header>
<subsection id="H049FC4C2EB3F45BFB6827E8F7631C884"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
head of a military service or department, or of a Federal department or agency,
that has custody or effective control of the American military detention
facility, or of any detainee held at such facility, shall, upon initial
detention, notify the International Committee of the Red Cross (referred to in
this section as the <quote>ICRC</quote>) of the custody or effective control of
the detainee as soon as possible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H70AE4BFEB1614910B31E530FCEAA624B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Access</header><text>The
head of a military service or department, or of a Federal department or agency,
with effective control of the American detention facility, pursuant to
subsection (a), shall ensure ICRC access to any detainee within 24 hours of the
receipt of an ICRC request to access the detainee. Access to the detainee shall
continue pursuant to ICRC protocols and agreements reached between the ICRC and
the head of a military service or department, or of a Federal department or
agency, with effective control over the American detention facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E3A7BE9BABD452BB36CF5C83C8BFA88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope of
access</header><text>The ICRC shall be provided access, in accordance with this
section, to any physical locality at the American military detention facility,
determined by the ICRC as relevant to the treatment of the detainee, including
the detainee’s cell or room, interrogation facilities or rooms, hospital or
related health care facilities or rooms, or other locations not named in this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0AAD314C14E64D16B4ED3DAD996CCAEC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB92F93A9AF084F468AF8F5EA402A58E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>limit the
authority of a military service or department, a Federal law enforcement
agency, or the intelligence community to detain an individual; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0E66C0336F4373990F88239B93C5A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>limit or otherwise
affect any other rights or obligations which may arise under the Geneva
Conventions, other international agreements, or other laws, or to state all of
the situations under which notification to and access for the ICRC is required
or allowed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H77D460D9DDF048978AE7945BB5C1FBA2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Report by the
Department of Defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an
annual report on the conditions of the facilities and detainees at the American
detention facility. This report shall be in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>HABEAS-EXCEPTION
TREATMENT OF DETAINEES</header>
<section id="H25925C1BF4114D8C9EC9D9CA3DC063C5"><enum>401.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="H5D0E797CB9534D51AE6CB6AD56BF298D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>International
terrorists, including members of Al Qaeda, have carried out attacks on United
States diplomatic and military personnel and facilities abroad and on citizens
and property within the United States and constitute a grave and sustained
threat to the national security of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF1BD751BE2747F2922262CAA8FE1684"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of the United States to detain,
prosecute, and convict individuals suspected of committing or supporting
terrorism or of otherwise waging hostilities against the United States, and by
the nature of those hostilities violate the laws of armed conflict, is vital to
the efforts to combat terrorism and to protect United States national
security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BD7239F649F47C4B931B45355169C12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Attempts to
implement a military tribunal system in accordance with Executive Order 13425,
the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–366), or the President's
Military Order of November 13, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 57,833), have failed to
achieve their stated mission of bringing suspected terrorists to justice. As of
September 9, 2009, the tribunals and commissions established in connection with
these efforts have yielded just three convictions, the first following a guilty
plea by the defendant, and have failed to achieve the conviction of a single
individual in connection with the terrorist attacks on the United States on
September 11, 2001.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E18CC4BCC8A4937ADCD95CB0DECD439"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The United States
civilian justice system allows for the fair and speedy trial of individuals who
engage in terrorist activities against the United States, who are enemy
combatants, terrorists, or otherwise engaged in criminal acts, and there is an
extensive legal framework providing jurisdiction over the offenses committed by
such individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01376D137FC348C5B15DDD8DE14E90AB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since September
11, 2001, the United States civilian justice system has accumulated an
impressive record of success in prosecuting and convicting individuals
suspected of committing or supporting terrorism, having convicted at least 145
such individuals, and is an essential and effective tool in combating
international terrorism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H224F94FF590546059189BF5811FB1F3E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Existing laws and
regulations, including the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C.
App. 3; Public Law 96–456), provide a detailed framework for protecting
sensitive and classified information during the prosecution of cases involving
terrorism offenses and related crimes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0A1DA0516A048CF9BF4291FBE60D1C6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In addition to the
existing United States civilian and military justice systems, the Federal
Government possesses other legal authorities that may be useful as tools in
detaining and prosecuting international terrorists, including the authority to
detain removable aliens under Federal immigration laws.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF0AF8DB35FAC4FEEA645AF212D239DB2"><enum>402.</enum><header>Habeas-exception
treatment of detainees</header>
<subsection id="HF978C738A13F49579708637A02D1D118"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of
detainees entitled to the right of habeas corpus review</header><text>Not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, covered individuals
entitled to habeas corpus protections may be processed according to one of the
following procedures:</text>
<paragraph id="H91EE16FB22254D80B939EA4F8B1845E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The detainee shall
be charged with an offense cognizable by a United States military or civilian
court and transferred to a military or Federal civilian detention facility in
the United States for further legal proceedings in the military or civilian
justice system, provided that such a Federal military or civilian facility or
section thereof has received the highest security rating available for such a
facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92227F160BC641029690A0FC2E5C4E05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The detainee shall
be transferred to an international tribunal that has jurisdiction to hold a
trial of such individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2B300E9307945B199F11D6D3DE3DA67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The detainee shall
be transferred to the custody of the government of the individual's country of
citizenship or a different country, provided that such transfer is consistent
with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE12330D6A87140DD930C1EF3417352E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Convention
Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment done at New York, December 10, 1984;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B3B9D72D63449ABA9282B4545597C1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all relevant
United States law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF45D36ADB06401B844991B791842CCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
international obligation of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCADC72C7251045D9BAAFDF7D9B3744AA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Continued
detention</header><text>If, based on the totality of circumstances, the
President determines by a preponderance of evidence that a detainee meets any
of the criteria in Section 202(b), the detainee may be held in continued
detention in accordance with this section or the law of armed conflict.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD4F3A650F4142B9ACF1112AE8089EA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HA34A55A703294723BBF1989DFC7E9049"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report that describes the
President's plan to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5D9ECC9BA0C4A10B17796F9104A8689"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to
update</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the
President submits the report required under paragraph (1), and every 30 days
thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a follow-up report to ensure
that Congress is fully informed of the steps taken to implement this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDE621266D7045EBAAF5AE7ABF591EBC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction</header>
<paragraph id="HAF133926BB5843D1B77D0C0419DB4D07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Immigration
status</header><text>The transfer of an individual under subsection (a) shall
not be considered an entry into the United States for purposes of immigration
status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC899718EB25468C96FA64D8E7CEA19E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Custody of
detainee</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take custody of
detainee, pending removal from the United States, if the detainee is acquitted
of all charges or, upon completion of a detainee's sentence, in accordance with
section 202, does not pose a threat to the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BDF15A35C5E4C4A9401F8C268CC65C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No additional
detention authority</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed as
altering or adding to existing authorities for, or restrictions on, the
detention, or transfer of individuals in United States custody.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB24B124AAA4042D39783FC64B2FE6E38"><enum>403.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the President—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D61D1FBD2B84E908B2B1DECA8147F95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>should vigorously
investigate and prosecute, to the full extent of the law, individuals and
organizations suspected of involvement with international terrorism, using all
available assets of the United States civilian and military justice
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF789E7261F441609E830C088328003E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>should carry out a
review of the capacity of the United States criminal justice system to
successfully investigate and prosecute individuals and organizations suspected
of terrorism, including the adequacy of existing Federal antiterrorism laws,
and should inform Congress of any gaps or obstacles limiting the ability of the
United States to bring terrorists to justice;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CE0C4DF8744A47B7B932D01C94CC27"><enum>(3)</enum><text>should take
immediate measures to enhance international legal cooperation in the
investigation and prosecution of individuals and organizations suspected of
involvement in international terrorism, including expanding international
police cooperation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD298CA8772FD43F2AA138D3A28C467B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>acknowledge the
ongoing efforts of the United States Government to ensure that any prolonged
detention is carefully evaluated, justified, and abides by the Constitution,
Federal law, international human rights law, and the law of armed
conflict.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFBF27C431DA24A2CA85162E84C19266A"><enum>404.</enum><header>Detention</header>
<subsection id="H93FCFD02707947438681A34BD58D68CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any covered individual detained under this Act shall be
held in accordance with the conditions of confinement guaranteed by Common
Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE963F2B3FF0C4EF39B49392B87217475"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Location</header><text>Any
covered individual detained under this Act shall be held in a location
accessible to the International Committee of the Red Cross.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA71AA15734284B9985F4120CD5A1854C"><enum>405.</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, and no less frequently than every 6 months thereafter,
the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State,
shall submit to Congress a report identifying the organizations which the
Executive Branch considers to be forces covered by the Authorization for Use of
Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 115 Stat. 224; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) as
<quote>those nations, organizations, or persons</quote> who <quote>planned,
authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on
September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons</quote> or as
co-belligerents of such forces.</text>
</section><section id="H68A6F906110547C4B966944029DD9C48"><enum>406.</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act may be construed to—</text>
<paragraph id="H18D8413062954C56A7D17F44F0E92D86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preclude or
impinge on the authority of the Government to detain or intern individuals
subject to detention under the laws of war in a theater of active military
operation or under another legal authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4D1117B4594E678523B6D68B353CD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>confer any right
upon an individual lawfully detained in a theater of active military operation;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60C9E47E6B7E471FA27FA5E06833D870"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require or permit
continued detention of an individual after the Government determines the
individual is not an imperative threat to security.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEF95EABE8BA44C3DB70B37C134C4E24E"><enum>407.</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority under this Act to detain a
covered person not already detained under section 203 or section 301 shall
terminate 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authority to renew
detention orders already in place or to proceed with applications already filed
under section 4 shall not terminate.</text>
</section>